‘You wanted to know in what I'm working right now? Is simple: a new weapon for the trucks; they need to protect themselves in the dungeon.’ Edmund relaxed in his chair.

Ariadne looked up to the ceiling, thinking about everything Edmund had said. She felt really calm with him in her office; that was the real reason she called for him. She didn’t like the fact he was wandering around the city alone, but she remembered what Alon told her.

‘Alon talked about a new type of monsters he never saw before, you called it a catapult, why is that?’ She returned her eyes to the young man.

‘It was on an old book in the kingdom library, it matched the look but the demon lord creature had something on his back and by the description, it stayed in all fours when it used his weapon or something; I don’t really know more.’ He again shrugged his shoulders.

‘Humm… The velvent royal library has a better collection of books, which is understandable; at the time of the tale, only A-dam existed.’ She got her fan from a drawer.

‘Actually there were more, but i don’t know what happened with them, i would like to ask how much time we have until Lavan comes for us?’ He taps the arm of his chair for a moment.

She almost forgot that the clock was ticking because of all of the work she needed to oversee; everything was happening so fast. Again, her thoughts returned to reality as she looked at Edmund.

‘We have six months now; I don’t think there are more chatzi coming to the duchy; all of the projects are on hold because there are no crystals; we actually need to go to the dungeon; even with our weapons, Lavan has too many soldiers.’ Ariadne started to fan herself.

‘Give me a month to build the weapons for the dungeon raid.’ Edmund pulled a tablet from a pocket inside his jacket.

‘Ok, no problem; now you can sit there on the couch and work.’ She pointed at the couch to the side with her closed fan.

Edmund looked at the couch and felt like many times before, he was like a pet, but at the same time he was her slave. He looked at her and sighd after realizing how useless it was for him to go against her; it was even dangerous for him to do so. He looked at the celling and took a deep breath before standing up and walking to the couch.

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Ariadne was wondering about what was going on in the kingdom; no information about her father was given to her in a long time, only about the business relations; the companies have not even noble movements; it was like walking in the complete dark and that concerned her recently. She returned to reality when the door to her office opened.

‘Your highness, do you want me to bring your meal or you will eat at the dining room?’ Alya walked in the office

‘I would like to eat some fancy food.’ Edmund looked at Alya for a moment.

‘Shut up, peasant, you should go eat with the staff; it's good food, isn't it, Alya?’ Ariadne continued to fan herself.

'Yes, your highness, but the cook complained that you are eating the same food as us, the only difference being that yours looks nicer.’ She smiled.

‘Do i need to worry?’ Turn to face Ariane.

'Again, peasant, shut up, we are not in a position for me to spend like i’m a queen or anything, those projects need money and it would be impossible if it wasn’t the money coming from the companies, as you know.’ Ariadne shook her head.

‘Alright, i’m glad that i don’t have to deal with all of that.’ He lay down on the couch.

‘You can bring it in; have one for the peasant too.’ Ariadne waved her hand.

The maid got out and closed the door. The atmosphere in the office was calm as Edmund and Ariadne were focused on what they were doing; she was looking at the information about the battle and recent scouts of another possible fortress along the border; it was already dangerous to travel in the duchy and this made it worse.

In the meantime, Edmond felt at sleep with the tablet facing up on top of his chest. It happened from time to time because of how relaxed he felt while working on something because if he didn't, a deep guilt overwhelmed his mind like a curse.

‘I wonder if we are going to be fine.’ Ariadne muttered to herself while looking at Edmund sleeping on the couch.

At the same time in the city, Ethan was walking back to his house; every day he was surprised by how everything changed in such little time; last year he was a carpenter apprentice, now a soldier.

Ruth waved at her husband from the front of their house with a smile on her face; she had great news to share with him.

‘Ethan, the doctor said that i’m pregnant.’ She shouted to him.

‘What?’ Ethan widens his eyes in shock.

She ran towards him and jumped on his arms; he got her as she kissed him. Ethan was still confused with the situation; his mind started to race, thinking in all the possibilities of his future while embarrassing his wife with much care.

‘Aren’t you happy? Is our child!’ She looked into his eyes.

‘Yes, i’m just a little bit shocked; of course i’m happy.’ He gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Ethan was already with a lot on his head because of the next mission he was supposed to go; now he was going to be a father, but he hid everything inside and smiled at Ruth.

‘And this is just the first one; we are going to have many more.’ Ruth laughed while stroking his hair.

‘Wait, what?’ Ethan looked at him confused.

‘Don’t worry about it; we are going to be even happier than now.’ She kissed him again.

Ethan was concerned but by now he knew that there was nothing he could do about his situation. It was completely hopeless but at least the one thing he knew was that this woman in his arms was completely in love with him.